GOVERNMENT OIT MINISTRY OF SIJIPPING I,OK SAt}t{A UNSTARUED QUESTTON NO. 515 To BE ANSWERED oN r3'fH DECEMIIER, 2018

DEVE,LOPMENT OF WATERWAYS

5I5. SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUI}A:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state: +d qftdE-n Ii*

(a) whether the Government has framed or is lraming any policy for development of waterways in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the details of locations/lengths identified by the Government for the purpose; and

(c) whether any budgetary allocation has been made for the same and lf so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPINC (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) & (b) On the policy regarding development of National Waterways in the country, the Governmept is guided by the Inland Waterways Authority of India Acl, 1985 and the National Waterways Act,2016. A list of the National Waterways (NWs), their location and length is as Annex.

(c) The details of funds allocated for development of NWs from 2016-l''7 onwards are as under: (Rs. in crore)

Year Budgetary Estimates (BIi) Revisetl Eslinrate (RE)

+ 2016-17 BE Rs.350.00 + Rs.340.00 (EBRs)* Rs.302.00 Rs.EBRs 340.00

+ 2017-18 Rs.228.00 (Grants) + Rs.660.00 (EBRs)* Rs.329.66 I{s.EBIts 660.00

cle,:ided. 20 I 8-19 Fts.322.75 (Grants) + Rs.420.92 (EBRs)+ Yet to be

(*) L,xtra Budgetary Resources _9 a-- Annex

List of 111 National Waterways

(Government of lndia has declared I 1 I waterways as National Waterways through National()na Waterwaysaterwa Act,C 2016 enacted on 12.04.2016 SI. National Watcnvay Length Details No. No. (km) of Watenvavs STATES

Ganga-Bhagiratlii- Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, I National Walcrway I t620 System ( - Allahabad) & West Brahmapr-rtra River (Dhubri - 2 891 Sadiya) West Coast Canal (Kottapuram - 205 Kollam), Champakara and J National Watcrway 3 Udyogmandal Canals West Coast Canal (Kottapuram 170 - Kozhikode) Canal (Kakinada s0 to ) l ( 171 to

Rajahmundry) I Elurr"r Canal (Rajahmundry 139 to ) l river (Wazirabad 157 to Viiayawada) Commamur Canal (Vijayawada l 113 to Peddaganjani) onon., pradeslr. r.tunguru. ] ] North Buckingharn National Waterway 4 Canal Chhattisgarh. Karnaraka. I I 3r6 (Peddaganjam to Central Station . Pondichery I I of Cllennai) I and Maharashrra I I South Buckingha, canal lcentrul I l0 | Station of to I Marakanam) Marakanam 22 to Puducherry tl'rrough Kal-rvelly tank River Godavari (Bhadrachalam 1202 - \Ieql,ik) River Krishna (Wazirabad 636 / Galagali) 256 East Coast Canal and Matai river 265 Brahmani-Kharsua-Dhamra rivers 5 National Waterway delta rivers (Consisting 5 Odisha of I{ansua river, and 67 Nunanala, Gobrinala, Kharnasi river and Mal-ranadi river) 6 National Waterway 6 68 AAI RIVER Assam 7 National Waterway 7 90 A.roY (AJAY) RTVER West Bengal A^I,AI'I'ULHA- 8 National Watcrway 8 29 CI{ANGANASSERY CANAL Kerala

__-3 I _ -3- sl. National Watenvay Length Details of Waterwat's STATES No. No. (hm) ALAPPUZHA- KOTTAYAM I(errla L) National Waterway 9 40 - ATHIRAMI'UZIIA CANAL Altt rnatc routc: I 1.5km r0 National Waterway l0 45 AMBA RIVER Maharashtra ARLINAWATI - ARAN RIVER t1 National Waterr.l,ay 1 1 99 Maharashtra SYSTEM 12 National Waterway 12 5.5 ASi RIVER Utte r Pradesh r3 National Waterway l3 ll AVM CANAL Kerala & Tamil Nadu t4 National Waterway l4 48 BAITARNI RIVI]R Odir;ha BAKRESWAR - 15 National Waterway l5 135 West Bengal SYSTEM 16 Nationa Waterwav l6 t2r Assirm 17 Na ona Waterwav l7 189 I-limachal Pradesh & PLrnjab l8 Na onar Waterway 18 69 BEKI RIVER Assrrm l9 Na ona Waterway 19 6l Uttar Pradeslr 20 Na ona Waterway 20 95 Tamil Nadu 2t Na olla Waterway 21 139 BHEEMA RIVER & 'felangana BIRUPA - BADI GENGUTI - 22 National Waterway 22 156 Odis,ha SYSTEM ZJ Na onal Waterway 23 56 BUDHA BALANGA Odisha 24 Nat onal Waterway 24 6r CHAMBAL RIVER Uttar Pradesh 25 National Waterway 25 JJ CHAPORA RIVER Goa 26 National Waterway 26 5l Jamrnu & Kashmir 27 National Waterway 27 17 CUMBERJUA RIVER Goa DABHOL CREEK -VASHISHTI 28 National Waterway 28 45 Maharashtra RIVER SYSTEM 29 Nationa Waterway 29 r32 West Bengal 30 Nationa Waterway 30 109 DEHING RIVER Assam 3l Nationa Waterway 31 tt4 DHANSIRI / CHATHE Assam )Z Nationa Waterway 32 63 DIKHU RIVER Assam JJ Na ona Waterway 33 6t DOYANS RIVER Assam 34 Na ona Wateru,ay 34 137 DVC CANAL Wes. Bengal 35 Na ona Waterway 35 108 DWAREKESWAR RIVER Wes'. Bengal 36 Na ona Waterway 36 119 Wesr Bengal aa JI Na ona Waterway 37 296 GANDAK RIVER Bihar & Uttar Pradesh 38 Nat ona Waterway 38 62 GANGADHAR RIVER Assam & West Bengal 39 Nationa Waterwav 39 49 GANOL RIVER Meg ralaya 40 Nat onal Waterway 40 354 GHAGHRA RIVI]R Biha: & Uttar I'radesir 41 Natior-ra Waterway 41 112 GHATAPI{AtsI]A RIVER Karnataka

42 Nat ona Waterway 42 .5 t4 GOMTI RIVER Uttar Pradesh 43 Nat ona Waterwav 43 l0 GURUPUR RIVER Karnataka 44 Nat ona Waterwav 44 63 Wesl Bengal Punjab , Haryana 45 National Waterway 45 6s0 INDIRA GANDI]I CANAL &Rarashtan _--+l- - .l_ sl. National Watcnvay Length Details of Waterways No. No. (k*) STATES 46 National Waterway 46 35 INI)I]S I{tVER Jammu & Kashrlir 4l National Watcrway 47 131 .IAI-ANGI RIVER West Bengal JAWAI-LUNI-RANN OF 48 National Watcrway 48 590 Gujarat & Rajasthan KU'fCH RIVER SYSTEM 49 National Waterway 49 I l0 .IHI]t-UM RIVER Jammu & Kashmir 50 National Watcrway 50 43 JTNJIRAM RIVER Assam & 51 National Watcrway 5l L-) KABINI ITIVER Karnataka 52 National Waterway 52 53 Karnataka KAI-YAN-THANE-MUMBAI 53 National Waterway 53 t4s WA ERWAY, VASAI CREEK Maharashtra AND ULHAS RIVER SYSTEM 54 National Waterway 54 86 KAI{AMNASA RIVER Bihar & Uttar Pradesh KAVEITI - KOLLIDAM RIVER 55 National Waterway 55 31 I Tamil SYSTEM Nadu s6 National Waterway 56 22 KHERKAI RIVER Jharkhand 57 National Waterway 57 s0 KOPILI RIVER Assam 58 National Waterway 58 236 Bihar KOI-TAYAM-VAIKOM 59 National Waterway 59 19 CANAt, Kerala 60 National Waterway 60 80 KUMARI RIVER West Bengal 6r National Waterway 6l 28 KYNSHI RIVER Meghalaya Assam Arunachal 62 National Waterway 62 86 LOI]IT RIVER & Pradesh 63 National Waterway 63 336 I-LJNI I{IVER Rajasthan 64 National Waterway 64 426 MAHANADI RIVER Odisha 65 National Waterway 65 80 MAIIANANDA RIVER West Bengal 66 National Waterway 66 247 MAI II RIVER Gujarat 67 National Waterway 67 94 MAT,APRABHA RIVER Karnataka 68 Na onal Waterway 68 41 MANDOVI RIVER Goa 69 National Waterway 69 5 MANIMUTHARU RIVER Tamil Nadu 70 National Waterway 70 245 MANJARA RIVER Maharashtra & 7l National Waterway 7l 27 MAPUSA / MOIDE RIVER Goa 72 National Waterway 72 59 NAG RIVER Maharashtra t5 National Waterway 73 226 Maharashtra & Gujarat 74 Nat onal Waterway 74 7c) Nlr'fRAVATHI RIVER Karnataka 75 Nat onal Waterway 75 t42 Tamil Nadu PANCHAGANGAVALI 76 National Waterway 76 z-) Karnataka (PANCI]AGANGOLI) RIVER National Waterway 77 20 PAZIJYAR RIVER Tamil Nadu PENGANAGA - WARDHA 78 National Waterway 78 262 Maharashtra RIVER SYSTEM & Telangana 79 National Waterway 79 28 PENNAIT RIVER 80 National Waterway 80 126 PONNIYAR RIVER Tarnil Nadu 8l National Waterway 8l 35 PLNPUN RIVER Bihar

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st. NationaI Watcrway Length Details of Watcnvays No. No. (km) S:I'ATES

82 National Waterway 82 58 PUTHIMARI RIVER Assrin-r 83 National Waterway 83 31 RAJPURI CREEK Ma['arashtra Jammu 84 National Waterwal, 84 44 & I(ashmir, Himachal Pradesh & Punjab REVADANDA CREEK - 85 National Waterway 85 3t Maharasl-rtra KUNDALIKA RIVER SYSTEM 86 National Waterway 86 72 West Bengal 87 National Waterway 87 2r0 SABARMATI RIVER Gujarat 88 National Waterway 88 t4 SAL RIVER Goa SAVITRI RIVER (BANKOT 89 National Waterway 89 45 Mah,rrashtra CREEK) 90 National Waterway 90 29 SHARAVATI RIVER Karnataka SHASTRI RIVER - JAIGAD 91 National Waterway 9l 52 Maharashtra CREEK SYSTEM 92 National Waterway 92 26 SILABATI RIVER West Bengal 93 National Waterway 93 63 SIMSANG RIVER Meghalaya 94 National Waterway 94 141 SONE RIVER Bihar 95 National Waterway 95 106 Assaln Jharkhand, West 96 National Waterway 96 3ll SUBARNREKHA RIVER Bengal & OdislLa 172 SLINDERBANS WATERWAY West Bengal 56 BIDYA RIVER West Bengal CHHOTA KALAGACHI l5 (CHHOTO KALERGACHT) West Bengal RIVER 7 GOMAR RIVER West Bengal t6 HARIBHANGA RIVER West Bengal HOGLA (HOGAL)- 37 West Bengal RIVER 97 National Waterway 97 9 KALINDI (KALANDI) RIVER West .Sengal 22 KATAKHALI RIVER West l3engal 99 West llengal MURI GANGA (BARATALA) 28 West llengal RIVER s3 West Ilengal SAHIBKHALI (SAHEBKI-IALI) t4 West Ilengal RIVER )l West f]engal .fHAKUI{RAN 64 RIVER West llengal 98 Na onal Waterway 98 377 RIVER Himachal Pradesh & PLrnlab 99 National Waterway 99 62 TAMARAPARANI RIVER Tamil Nadu National Waterway 100 436 TAPI RIVER Mahar:rshtra r00 & Guj arat National Waterway l0l l0l 42 TIZU. ZUNGKI RIVERS

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SI. National Waterway Length Details of Watenvays STATES No. No. (km) National Waterway TLWANCJ (DHALESWARI r02 87 Assam & Mizoran-r 102 RIVER) National Waterway l0:i /-) TONS RIVBR Uttar Pradesh 103 National Waterway Karnataka, Telangana & 104 232 TtrTliGA B I{ADRA RIV ER 104 Andhra Pradesh National Waterway 105 15 LJDAYAVARA RIVEI{ Karnataka 105 National Waterway 106 20 uMNGO.['(DAWKT) RIVER Meghalaya 106 National Waterway 107 46 TamilNadu t07 National Waterway 108 53 VARLTNA ITIVER Uttar Pradesh 108 109 National Waterway r66 WAINGANGA - PRANAHITA Maharashtra &Telan gana 109 RIVER SYSTEM National Waterway Dellii, Haryana & Uttar 110 I 080 RIVER u0 Pradesh National Waterway il1 lll 50 ZUARI RIVER Goa 20162.5

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